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Asw/Amft
| Company | Kaweah Health |
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| Location | Visalia, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $38.92 – $58.38 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Master’s |
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| Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad |
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Requirements
- Registration with California Board of Behavioral Sciences as Associate Social Worker (ASW) or Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT)
- Kaweah Health approved crisis intervention training within 60 days of hire/transfer
- Licensure within six years of hire/transfer. Failure to receive licensure within this time frame will result in termination of employment.
Responsibilities
- Intervenes in crisis situations, providing needed assessment, counseling and information to patients and their families.
- Provides discharge planning, coordinating equipment and/or home care, placement of patient in appropriate facility, transportation, patient-family training, financial needs and necessary follow-up. Documents activity in medical record according to policy.
- Gathers information about the patient’s social, psychological, cultural, environmental and financial situation for a psychosocial assessment and treatment plan.
- Counsels individuals and their families regarding psychosocial needs and problems related to their medical condition.
- Makes rounds and responds to referrals from physicians and staff providing guidance to necessary social services.
- Provides consultation to physicians, hospital staff and community as it relates to patient care needs.
- Charts all necessary patient information carefully and accurately and according to procedure.
- Arranges transportation for patients leaving hospital for transfers to other levels of care (nursing home, other acute care hospitals) and for standard patients with no means of getting home. Accumulates information on community resources and links patients, families, and staff to appropriate services.
- Assists in financial counseling, linking patients and their families to appropriate resources.
- Provides education to department, hospital staff, and community on psychosocial aspects of illness.
- Provides support and knowledge on medical-social issues through structured community outreach programs.
- Provides oversight and consultation to Medical Counselors.
- May provide field supervision to Master’s prepared students.
- Provides supervision and delegates duties to the Social Work Assistants as appropriate within the scope of practice.
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
